Asrock B450 Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	100% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	237% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock B450 Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210803
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '21 at 05:57
Run Duration	285 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 74.9 1-Core 121 2-Core 228 78% 141 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 672 67% 544 Pts	64-Core 819 51% 819 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$270 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% EVGA(3842 3656) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 118 Parallax 136 107% 128 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 102 Splatting 88.8 87% 110 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 215GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 937 674 676 657 655 654 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 2,360 Write 2,109 Mixed 1,598 SusWrite 709 378% 1,694 MB/s	4K Read 53.8 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 67.8 221% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 836 DQ Write 520 DQ Mixed 712 522% 689 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 340%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 28GB free Firmware: S1Z40102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 104 137 73 109 64 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	80% Very good	Read 492 Write 423 Mixed 423 SusWrite 155 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 84.2 4K Mixed 28.8 127% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 47.9 102% 205 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 100%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$89 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 718GB free Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 222 215 217 216 213 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Read 348 Write 330 Mixed 338 SusWrite 220 70% 309 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 66.3 4K Mixed 48.8 153% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 222 165% 220 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 137%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 327GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 97 98 98 98 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 108 Write 101 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 98.8 72% 97 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 225% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 109%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 468GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 142 145 145 144 147 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 143 Write 131 Mixed 97.5 SusWrite 144 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 730GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 150 157 156 156 158 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 137 Write 161 Mixed 72.1 SusWrite 153 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 93% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.1% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 24.9 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 21.4 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 90.6 44% 90.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 110%

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 81%

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Motherboard: Asrock B450 Steel Legend

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,213x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	379x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	344x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	277x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	240x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	234x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	90x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	85x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	78x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	303x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	188x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	167x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $443

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Asrock B450 Steel Legend

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PC Performing below expectations (39th percentile)

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